The funny thing about watching a movie about being in high school is
that you can't really tell how authentic it is, because your perception
of what's being presented is colored by your own experiences within that
very same scene. This pitfall opens especially wide when the movie in
question depicts being in high school during a timeframe when you
actually were
in high school. So it is with me and this movie. A lot of what I saw
here rings true, given my contemporaneous memories. Then again, I don’t
inhabit that world where everyone was molested, so I can’t speak to that
side of the equation. Mostly, the strength of this film lies in
likeable characters who make your time with them charming enough so that
you really care about what happens to them. So if you make the extra
effort to judge this flick and its characters on their own terms, I
think you ultimately will come out ahead.
